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USOO9575037B2 (12) United States Patent (10) Patent No.: US 9,575,037 B2 Acharya et al. (45) Date of Patent: Feb. 21, 2017 (54) DETECTION OF GAS-PHASE ANALYTES G01N 33/0037: G01N 33/0044; Y10T USING LIQUID CRYSTALS 436/17; Y10T 436/173076; Y10T 436/177692; Y1OT 436/18: Y10T (71) Applicant: Platypus Technologies, LLC, Madison, 436/184; Y10T 436/20: Y10T WI (US) 436/200833; Y10T 436/202499; Y10T 436/25875 (72) Inventors: Bharat R. Acharya, Madison, WI (US); Kurt A. Kupcho, Madison, WI USPC ........ 436/106, 110, 116, 118, 121, 127, 128, (US); Bart A. Grinwald, Verona, WI 436/130, 164, 165, 167, 181; 422/50, (US); Sheila E. Robinson, Fitchburg, 422/68.1, 82.05, 82.09, 83, 88 WI (US): Avijit Sen, Madison, WI See application file for complete search history. (US); Nicholas Abbott, Madison, WI (US) (56) References Cited U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS (73) Assignee: PLATYPUS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Madison, WI (US) 4,772,376 A * 9/1988 Yukawa ............... 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G0IN 33/0004 (2013.01); B82Y 30/00 (57) ABSTRACT (2013.01); G0IN 33/0037 (2013.01); G0IN Provided herein is technology relating to detecting gaseous 33/0044 (2013.01); G0IN 33/497 (2013.01); analytes and particularly, but not exclusively, to devices and Y10T 436/177692 (2015.01); Y10T 436/184 methods related to detecting gaseous analytes by monitoring (2015.01); Y10T 436/202499 (2015.01); Y10T changes in liquid crystals upon exposure to the gaseous 436/25875 (2015.01) analytes. (58) Field of Classification Search CPC. B82Y 30/00; G01N 33/0004: G01N 33/497; 19 Claims, 65 Drawing Sheets U.S. Patent Feb. 21, 2017 Sheet 1 of 65 US 9,575,037 B2 FIG. 1A S SS S Š S. y FIG. 1C U.S. Patent Feb. 21, 2017 Sheet 2 of 65 US 9,575,037 B2 FIG. 2A U.S. Patent Feb. 21, 2017 Sheet 3 of 65 US 9,575,037 B2 FIG. 3 SSS S U.S. Patent Feb. 21, 2017 Sheet 4 of 65 US 9,575,037 B2 FIG. 4A FIG. 4B U.S. Patent Feb. 21, 2017 Sheet S of 65 US 9,575,037 B2 S S SS S. S. S S Š S. 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